Question

When applying for jobs, job seekers often focus on a desired salary while ignoring other aspects of the job offer such as benefits, fit with the job, and working environment. In many cases, the salary may be good, but there are other, negative features of the job not being considered. This is an example of

Answer 1

Answer:

Anchoring bias

Explanation:

Anchoring bias refers to the tendency that people has to rely too much on one specific piece of information or on the first information they get and they make a decision based in this piece of information. People take this only piece of information and take decisions based on it.

In the example, job seekers often focus on a desired salary  while ignoring other aspects of the job. In this case, they focus on one specific piece of information (salary in this case) and they decide based on it, not thinking about the "whole picture" that might include negative features of the job (like benefits or working environment).

Thus, this is an example of anchoring bias.